Two small genetic changes reshaped the human pelvis, setting our early ancestors on the path to upright walking, scientists say.

NIH invests $14.2 million to map interoception, the body’s hidden sixth sense, revealing how the brain monitors vital internal signals.

In this 4.4-million-year-old skeleton, scientists may have found the missing step between climbing and walking.

Scientists found a virus-like living entity in human bodies named "obelisks" - small loops of RNA, each a thousand genetic ...

Buried in your body is a tribute to a long-dead Italian anatomist, and he is not the only one. You are walking around with ...

Experts have been puzzled by recently discovered fossils from the hand of an extinct human relative, Paranthropus boisei.

A new study provides the best evidence to date that the connection patterns between various parts of the human brain can tell scientists the specialized functions of each region.

The Mad 802 Arts Collective has created a sci-fi exhibit of video projection, installation and drawing that addresses the ...

Using a ChatGPT-like AI model, scientists have created a new map of the mouse brain that captures previously uncharted areas ...

As a kid of the 1970s, Mary Roach sat in front of the TV watching “The Six Million Dollar Man” promise a techno-rebirth. “We can rebuild him,” the narrator intoned. “Better than he was before. Better.

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Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. Humans have been trying to replace ailing parts of our bodies for thousands of years, turning to prosthetic limbs, ...